PMF also has its own Global Academy of Psychological Sciences, which provides several diploma and certificate courses in the field of mental health
Stress, work-related tension, over-reliance on technology and overall lack of mental peace, in a combined manner, have given birth to the modern day phenomenon of mental illness.
However what is more worrying is that with the COVID-19 spreading its tentacles rapidly across the world, including India, the need to give greater care to those suffering from mental illness and are now being hit by the virus, increases manifolds.
It is important that people suffering from mental illness are taken into greater confidence and sensitised about COVID-19. Yes, social distancing is the need of the hour, but this should not result in people distancing themselves from somebody who has tested positive to Corona virus.
Rather, people who constitute the family or the immediate neighbourhood of people who are already battling mental illness and have been affected by COVID-19, need to be sensitive towards the patient.
Mental illness - which is largely swept under the carpet, as many consider it a social stigma and are hesitant to discuss about it - is now gradually being accepted as an important part of human psyche which requires urgent care both medically as well as through psychological counselling.
While several psychiatrists and medical practitioners have been working on ways to overcome mental illness, which is mainly a manifestation of growing stress, organisations and bodies all around the world too have been making efforts to device ways to restore peace of mind.